Germany Christmas Market Attack: The suspect arrested for driving his car into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, was ‘anti-Islam’. Five people were killed and 200 were injured in this accident. German authorities are investigating a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who has lived in Germany for nearly two decades in connection with a car collision. His name is being described as Taleb A in the German media.
The accused in this incident, Taleb A. Is a native of Saudi Arabia. The motive of the attack is not yet clear. The police have arrested the car driver. People had come to the German market in large numbers for Christmas shopping. During that time this horrific attack happened. He is a doctor by profession and has been living in Germany since 2006.
Old statement of accused going viral
The German government has alleged that the person who crushed people with his car is anti-Islam. “What a terrible act it is to injure and kill so many people with such cruelty,” Chancellor Olaf Scholz said as he laid white roses in honor of the victims at a church in the central city of former East Germany.
Meanwhile, an old statement of the accused is going viral, in which he calls himself anti-Islam. Germany’s FAZ newspaper said it had interviewed the accused in 2019. Accused Taleb A said, “People like me, who have an Islamic background but are no longer believers, are neither understood nor tolerated by the Muslims here. I am the most aggressive critic of Islam in the history. If you If you don’t believe, ask the Arabs.”
Saudi Arabia condemned
In a statement on Friday, the Saudi Foreign Ministry condemned the attack, saying, ‘The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemns the incident that took place in Magdeburg, Germany. In which a car had entered the crowd. Many people were killed in this.”
“Saudi Arabia expresses its solidarity with the people of Germany and the families of the victims. We reaffirm our stance against violence and extend our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families, the government and the people of Germany,” the statement said. We wish speedy recovery to the injured.” CCTV footage from the scene shows the suspect lying on the ground near a badly damaged black car after being detained by police. According to local media, this vehicle is a black colored BMW car. According to eyewitnesses, this car entered the market at around 7:04 pm creating panic. Police said that before the car was stopped, it had covered a distance of at least 400 meters from the market. The bustling Christmas market near Magdeburg’s city hall was closed immediately after the attack. Emergency services, including ambulances and fire brigade personnel, immediately arrived at the scene to assist the victims.
Such attacks have happened before too
Let us tell you that the city of Magdeburg, Germany, with a population of about 237,000, is located in Saxony-Anhalt, about 150 kilometers west of Berlin. Earlier in the year 2016 also, a similar attack had taken place in the Christmas market in Berlin, the capital of Germany. At that time, a truck was deliberately rammed into the crowd, killing 12 people and injuring more than 70. The attacker fled to Italy, where he was later shot dead by the police. The investigation into the Magdeburg incident is ongoing and officials are trying to find out the motive behind the attack.
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